French Florida
French Florida(Renaissance French:Floride françoise;modern French:Floride française) was a colonial territory established byFrenchHuguenotcolonists as part ofNew Francein what is nowFloridaandSouth Carolinabetween 1562 and 1565.[1]
French Huguenot leader and Admiral of FranceGaspard de Colignyenvisaged the establishment ofNew Worldcolonies as a safe haven for his persecutedProtestantcoreligionists.[2]The first such attempt was an establishment inBrazil,namedFrance Antarctique.
A first landing in Florida was made byJean Ribault,and a second byRené Goulaine de Laudonnièrein 1562, before moving north where he set upCharlesfort,onParris Island, South Carolina.Charlesfort was abandoned by all colonists, save one, the following year due to hardship and internal conflicts, and they sailed back to France.
In 1564,René Goulaine de Laudonnièreagain traveled from France, this time to establishFort Caroline,in what is nowJacksonville.
The French establishment waswiped outby theSpaniardsin 1565. With the capture of Fort Caroline, Huguenots either fled into the wild mainland or were killed in the subsequentmassacre at Matanzas Inlet.
In 1568,Dominique de Gourguesfurther explored the area, and, with the help of his allies theSaturiwaIndians, massacred the Spanish garrison in retaliation, but he did not capitalize on this action.
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Floride françoise( "French Florida" ), by Pierre du Val, 17th century -
Exploration of Florida by Ribault and Laudonniere, 1564, byLe Moyne de Morgues. -
Athore, son of the Timucuan kingSaturiwa,showingLaudonnièrethe monument placed byJean Ribaultin 1562. -
Foundation ofFort Caroline.
See also[edit]
- France Equinoxiale
- France-Americas relations
- Raimond Beccarie de Pavie, Seigneur de Fourquevaux
- Charlesfort(1562–1563)
- Fort Caroline(1564–1565)
- Spanish assault on French Florida(1565)
References[edit]
- ^Paul Gaffarel (1875).Histoire de la Floride française.Firmin-Didot et cie. p.3.
- ^Sixteenth century North America: the land and the peopleby Carl Ortwin Sauer p.196
External links[edit]
- Short film entitled French in tyrone: 1562-1566:[1]
- French in Florida Database--University of Florida
- UF LibGuide on Fort Caroline:[2]ArchivedAugust 8, 2014, at theWayback Machine
